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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Waterboys
Performer
Mike Scott
Lead Vocals
Jay Barclay
Guitar
Don Bryant
Background Vocals
Greg Morrow
Drums
Jeff Adams
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mike Scott
Songwriter
Jay Barclay
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Scott
Producer
Lyrics
I can see Elvis
Skinny like he was back in fifty-seven
Razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed
Sideburns flickering in the breeze
That blows across the vales of heaven
I can see Elvis
Throned like a king astride a golden Harley
Smoking a reefer he just rolled
Full of acapulco gold
With Hendrix, Dean and Marley
I can see Elvis
Prowling like a cat across a funky bandstand
Keith Moon behind him banging drums
Charlie Parker all thumbs
John Lennon doing handstands
I can see Elvis
Talking philosophy and law with Joan of Arc and Plato
Quizzing Shakespeare on his plays
Showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye
How to dance the mashed potato
I can see Elvis
High and low and high and low and high he's hunting
Looking for a special prey
Who only just arrived up here today
Break out the bunting
I can see Elvis
He's writing something down in a little leather journal
And here are all the words he wrote
"I am gonna slit the throat
Of that skinflint, the Colonel"
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Elvis
I can see Evlis
Elvis
Elvis
Writer(s): Michael Scott, Jay Barclay
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